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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 2, 2013Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2013, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 2, 4:05 PM EDTHAIL 1North Wolcott, NY
Sep 2, 4:11 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Southwest Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:12 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Red Creek, NY
Sep 2, 4:12 PM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 44Oswego, NYWIND GUST TO 38.1 KTS AT OSWEGO COAST GUARD STATION
Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHannibal, NYWIRES DOWN.
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOswego, NYTREES DOWN ON RATHBURN RD.
Sep 2, 4:16 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSterling, NYTREES DOWN ON SHORT CUT RD AND CRAINE RD.
Sep 2, 4:18 PM EDTHAIL 1Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Fulton, NY
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:21 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:23 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Oswego, NY
Sep 2, 4:24 PM EDTHAIL 0.751 N Minetto, NY
Sep 2, 4:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGranby Center, NYTREES DOWN.
Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NYTREES DOWN ON PARIDISE RD.
Sep 2, 4:49 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Albion Center, NYTREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 2, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WUUS51 KBUF 021959
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-022100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0092.130902T1959Z-130902T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
359 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 37.

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17
  MILES WEST OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FAIR HAVEN...
  MINETTO...
  OSWEGO...
  NINE MILE POINT...
  MEXICO...
  PULASKI...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ONTARIO AND FAIR HAVEN BEACH...GET OUT OF THE 
WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN 
STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO 
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4326 7650 4321 7690 4330 7691 4335 7670
      4343 7663 4353 7642 4352 7629 4354 7624
      4367 7621 4369 7577 4354 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 257DEG 30KT 4338 7676

$$

SMITH
1 follow-up statement
303 
WWUS51 KBUF 022049
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC011-117-022057-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130902T2100Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC075-022100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-130902T2100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
449 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 37.

AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MEXICO...OR 14 MILES EAST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALTMAR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4334 7628 4352 7629 4354 7623 4359 7621
      4367 7621 4367 7602 4368 7601 4369 7578
      4354 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 257DEG 30KT 4347 7619

$$

SMITH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany57 min
Sep 1, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne65 min
Sep 1, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego77 min
Sep 2, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego55 min
Sep 2, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Sep 2, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Sep 2, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua23 min
Sep 2, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua32 min
Sep 2, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua36 min
Sep 2, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga39 min
Sep 2, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua34 min
Sep 2, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee62 min
Sep 2, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming55 min
Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga29 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus61 min
Sep 2, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF38 min
Sep 2, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga29 min
Sep 2, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego59 min
Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne60 min
Sep 2, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis65 min
Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne59 min
Sep 2, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego43 min
Sep 2, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego3 hr
Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis51 min
Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego33 min
Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Sep 2, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis36 min
Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis25 min
Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFLewis3 hr
Sep 2, 6:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF61 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.